English Explanatory Dictionary

pericyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of mesenchymal cell which in aggregation forms a contractile wrapping around a capillary.

Word forms

pericyte pericytes

Etymology

From peri- + -cyte.

Derived words

hemangiopericyte hemangiopericytoma pericytal transpericyte
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